Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Everything feels pretty rough right now. Two horrific wars while the pace of climate change feels relentless, with devastating impacts across the world.

And new results show that climate scientists - like me - are feeling very pessimistic about the future.

So what can we all do to cope with the terrifying reality of the climate crisis?

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Contents

00:00 – A confession
00:28 – The outlook seems bleak
02:00 – Scientists feel broken
03:04 – Barriers to action
03:34 – Take courage!
04:21 – Get involved
05:15 – Fight the fear
07:00 – Stronger together

#ClimateChange #ClimateAction #MentalHealth

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References and resources:

theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature

theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/may/08/hopeless-and-broken-why-the-worlds-top-climate-scientists-are-in-despair

theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/09/what-are-the-most-powerful-climate-actions-you-can-take

Tollefson (2021) nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02990-w

Sanson & Bellemo (2021) ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8499628

bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43294221

carbonbrief.org/mapped-how-climate-change-disproportionately-affects-womens-health

voteclimate.uk

nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-to-cope-with-eco-anxiety.html

mentalhealth-uk.org/blog/what-is-climate-anxiety-and-what-can-we-do-about-it

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/is-climate-change-keeping-you-up-at-night-you-may-have-climate-anxiety-202206132761